Climate Action Plan
2050
The number of (drinking) water treatment plants in Columbus
3, Hap Cremean, Dublin Road, Parsons Avenue
The year GreenSpot was created.
2008
Columbus is going to weekly curbside ____ this summer.
Recycling
Columbus DPU is currently implementing the ____ ____ Project in the North East area of the City.
Enhanced Meter
These two sectors (transportation, water, waste, or buildings) are the largest emitters of carbon pollution in Columbus.
Transportation and buildings
The Scioto River, Big Walnut Creek, and ___ are where Columbus gets its water.
Groundwater
The number of members (households, businesses, organizations, and community groups) in GreenSpot.
~24,000.
What solar designation did Columbus receive in February?
SolSmart Gold
Flooding and ____ are the two major climate impacts Columbus is facing.
Heat
The number of strategies included in the CAP.
13
The Divisions of Water, Sewerage and Drainage, and ____ are housed within DPU
Power
This business won last year's GreenSpotLight award in the big business category.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Sustainable Columbus is part of this city department.
Public Utilities
Clintonville
___ is the equitable distribution of benefits from climate action planning across the diverse community.
Climate justice. You win the hidden gift card-Global Gallery!
Blueprint Columbus uses green infrastructure (i.e., rain gardens, pervious pavement, etc.) to address the problem of ____ in sanitary sewers
In 2022, the GreenSpot Advisory board planned ___ GreenSpot tours (ex. vernal pool, transfer station).
5
Last summer, Sustainable Columbus released a report called "Heat Watch" which about the ____ effect in Columbus.
Urban heat island
Columbus' Compost Facility sells this product wholesale which you can then purchase from a retail location for your garden.
Compost
The number of new green jobs created by 2030 in Columbus.
10,000. You win the Ace Hardware gift card!
In 2022, ____ billion gallons of water were treated between Columbus' two wastewater plants.
70. YOU WIN THE GLOBAL GALLERY GIFT CARD!
___ , ___ , & ___ are three things you can do in your life to be green.
- Eat less meat
- Use a reusable bag
- Bring your own water bottle/coffee mug
- Turn lights off when not in room
- Turn water off while brushing teeth
- Walk/bike/take public transit instead of car
- Compost
- And more! YOU WIN THE ACE GIFT CARD
This program is geared towards Columbus residents ages 18-24 and provides training and on-the-job experience for careers in the clean-energy sector. (Aggregation, Empowered, or Impact)
Empowered. YOU WIN THE REWASH FREE REFILL BOTTLE!
Engineers who studied under this MIT graduate (the first woman to do so) designed Columbus' first water treatment plant on the Scioto River in 1908, known as the Great Columbus Experiment. (Ellen Richards, Lucy Braun, or Eunice Newton Foote)
Ellen Swallow Richards. YOU WIN THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY BUNDLE!